G/TBT/N/EU/915  
21 July 2022  
(22-5525) Page: 1/2 
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade  Original:  English  
 
  
NOTIFICATION  
The following notification is being circulated in accordance with Article 10.6  
 
1. Notifying Member:  EUROPEAN UNION  
If applicable, name of local government involved (Article 3.2 and 7.2):   
2. Agency responsible:   
European Commission  
Name and address (including telephone and fax numbers , email and website 
addresses, if available) of agency or authority designated to handle comments 
regarding the notification shall be indicated if different from above:   
European Comm ission,  
EU-TBT Enquiry Point,  
Fax: +(32) 2 299 80 43,  
E-mail: grow-eu-tbt@ec.europa.eu  
Website: http://ec.europa.eu/growth/tools -databases/tbt/en/  
3. Notified under Article 2.9.2 [X], 2.10.1 [  ], 5.6.2 [  ], 5.7.1 [  ], 3.2 [  ], 7.2 [  ], 
other :  
4. Products covered (HS or CCCN where applicable, otherwise national tariff 
heading. ICS numbers may be provided in addition, where applicable):  Hazardous 
substances   
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  Draft 
Commission Delega ted Regulation amending Regulation (EC) No 1272/2008 of the 
European Parliament and of the Council on classification, labelling and packaging of 
substances and mixtures as regards the modification of entries in Part 3 of Annex VI for 
2-ethylhexanoic acid a nd its salts, boric acid, diboron trioxide, tetraboron disodium 
heptaoxide hydrate, disodium tetraborate anhydrous, orthoboric acid sodium salt, 
disodium tetraborate decahydrate, and disodium tetraborate pentahydrate; (5 page(s), 
in English), (2 page(s), i n English)  
6. Description of content:  The CLP regulation (Regulation (EC) No 1272/2008) sets rules 
for classifying, labelling and packaging substances and mixtures. Part 1 of Annex VI lists 
notes that can be assigned to substances with harmonised classifi cations. These notes 
provide further instructions on how to classify and label these substances or mixtures 
containing them.  
This draft Regulation assigns new notes (added to the CLP Regulation by a recent 
amendment) to certain entries in Part 3 of Annex VI.  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable:  Ensuring the proper functioning of the EU internal market; Protection of 
human health or safety; Protection of the environment  G/TBT/N/EU/915  
 
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  8. Relevant documents:   
Regulat ion (EC) 1272/2008 on classification, labelling and packaging of substances and 
mixtures, amending and repealing Directives 67/548/EEC and 1999/45/EC, and amending 
Regulation (EC) No 1907/2006 (OJ L 353, 31.12.2008, p. 1.).  
http://eur -
lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUriServ.do?uri=OJ:L:2008:353:0001:1355:EN:PDF  
9. Proposed date of adoption:  4th quarter 2022  
Proposed date of entry into force:  20 days from publication in the Official Journal of 
the EU (about two month after adoption).  
10. Final date for comments:  60 days from notification  
11. Texts available from:  National enquiry point [ ] or address, telephone and fax 
numbers and email and website addresses, if available , of other body:   
European Commission,  
EU-TBT Enquiry Point,  
Fax: + (32) 2 299 80 43,  
E-mail: grow-eu-tbt@ec.europa.eu  
The te xt is available on the EU -TBT Website : http://ec.europa.eu/growth/tools -
databases/tbt/en/  
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2022/TBT/EEC/22_4821_00_e.pdf  
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2022/TBT/EEC/22_4821_01_e.pdf